What was found
DURING AN INSPECTION REQUIRED BY AD 99-04-22 CRACKS WERE FOUND IN THE STR 4R LAP JOINT BETWEEN FS 660 AND 680. THE CRACKS WERE CUT OUT AND AN EXTERNAL REPAIR INSTALLED. THE DAMAGE WAS FOUND AT HMV.
- Difficulty date
- June 29, 2001
- Submitted
- July 9, 2001
- Operation
- Air carrier
- Aircraft
- N532DA
- Make and model
- Boeing 727232
- Aircraft serial
- 22045
- Aircraft time
- 61,760 hours, 46,028 cycles
- System (JASC)
- 5330 · Fuselage Main, Plate/Skin
- Part
- Skin
- Part number
- 6554574158
- Condition
- Cracked
- Location
- Skin
- Stage of operation
- IN
- Nature of condition
- O
- Precautionary procedure
- K
As reported to the FAA. Reports are unverified, and codes are left as the FAA publishes them.